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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Yasuaki Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Takehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Fujiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Okano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuaki Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Takehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Fujiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Okano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a cooling device that includes a cooling part that is movably provided between a first position and a second position different from the first position with respect to an image forming apparatus main body and cools a periphery thereof with a cooling medium to be supplied; a cooling medium supply part that is provided in the image forming apparatus main body and cools and supplies the cooling medium to the cooling part; and a connecting member that connects the cooling part to the cooling medium supply part to circulate the cooling medium between the cooling part and the cooling medium supply part; wherein the connecting member is configured to include a flexible member and spirally provided with a moving direction of the cooling part as an axis center.